Students protest tuition hikes, confusion with waiver

2:16 AM,
Oct. 12, 2012

Written by

Zane Hill
zhill@dailyworld.com

LAFAYETTE - Protests about changes to Opelousas' T.H. Harris campus this week spilled over into a meeting with South Louisiana Community College's chancellor in Lafayette Thursday.

The students from T.H. Harris and several other former Acadiana Technical College campuses, which were merged into the SLCC system earlier this year, were able to meet with Natalie Harder, Ph.D. Most expressed satisfaction that their concerns are now at least being heard.

Aside from the frustration surrounding the unclear financial aid and tuition process, the students said the lack of communication was ...